We had so much fun at our last swouk night we're doing it again! Join us for a night of Brazilian zouk and west coast swing (WCS, for short). These two dances can both be danced to a lot of the same music. Come early for some classes in both styles, or come later for just dancing.

Purchase the American Swing FREQUENT DANCER DISCOUNT CARD—a $120 value. Pre-pay $100 for five American Swing dances at the Spanish Ballroom and get the sixth FREE! On sale at all American Swing dances at the Spanish Ballroom. Email Debra@gottaswing.com for more info.

American Swing presents a swing dance with live music in Glen Echo's Spanish Ballroom! The Big Boy Little Band is made up of the Big Boy himself, Bret Littlehales, plus Steve "Baby Jake" Jacobs, Wolf Crescenze, and Andy Hamburger. Bret has led BBL Blues Band in DC for the last seven years, five in residence at the Zoo Bar. Big Boy Little Band has been the winner of the DC Blues Society Blues Challenge and represented the DC Blues Society and blues community at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Tonight, they'll be playing blues that SWING!

The dance includes abeginner swing lesson with Tom and Debra from 8 - 9 pm, followed by dancing from 9 pm - midnight. Beginners are welcome and no partner is necessary.

Purchase the American Swing FREQUENT DANCER DISCOUNT CARD—a $120 value. Pre-pay $100 for five American Swing dances at the Spanish Ballroom and get the sixth FREE! On sale at all American Swing dances at the Spanish Ballroom. Email Debra@gottaswing.com for more info.

Join us as BIG JOE AND THE DYNAFLOWS take the stage at the Spanish Ballroom. Big Joe is musical royalty! A fixture of the DC jazz and blues music scene, Big Joe mixed an early love of Rock and Roll with influences of jazz greats like Clark Terry, Urbie Green, and James Moody, as well as the Big Band/Rhythm and Blues influence of Louis Jordan. Over the years, Big Joe has played with the likes of Willie Dixon, Mick Fleetwood, Pinetop Perkins, Jimmy Witherspoon, Delbert McClinton--the list goes on and on. Along with the Dynaflows, Big Joe will lay down a night of irresistible Rhythm and Blues. Big Joe returns to us directly from his annual appearance on the Delbert McClinton Sandy Beaches Cruise 23!

The dance includes a beginner swing lesson with Tom and Debra from 8 - 9 pm, followed by dancing from 9 pm - midnight. Beginners are welcome and no partner is necessary.

Hear for yourself why Frankie Manning, one of the original Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers and an icon to the Swing World, called the Tom Cunningham Orchestra “the Swingin’est Band in all the Land!” The 16-piece orchestra’s appearances at Glen Echo Park are a Washington institution going back to 1983 and celebrated on TV, radio, newspapers and in books. So take a tip from The Washington Post’s Mike Joyce, “The Cunningham Band is bound to please.”

Enjoy a beginning swing lesson with Tom & Debra of Gottaswing at 8 pm, followed by dancing from 9 pm to midnight. No partner or prior experience needed.